Famous Deaths Happened In 1848

Jan 05 In the year 1848 ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73  

Jan 09 In the year 1848 death of caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750)  

Jan 20 Christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786) died on this day in history.  

Feb 15 Hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771) died on this day in history.  

Feb 20 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29 in the year 1848.  

Feb 23 In the year 1848 john Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80  

Mar 03 In the year 1848 heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies  

Mar 20 On this day in history abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27  

Mar 29 John Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84 in the year 1848.  

Apr 08 On this day in history domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50  

Apr 10 On this day in history godert AGP baron van Capellen, gove-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 69  

Apr 24 Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Apr 30 On this day in history friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53  

May 11 Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781) died in the year 1848.  

May 18 William A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF in the year 1848.  

May 25 Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797) died in the year 1848.  

May 31 Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805) died in the year 1848.  

Jun 27 In the year 1848 death of denis-Auguste Affre, archbsp of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54  

Jul 04 On this day in history francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies  

Jul 22 Karl Guhr, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Aug 06 Nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58 in the year 1848.  

Aug 07 Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779) died on this day in history.  

Aug 09 Frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies on this day in history.  

Aug 12 In the year 1848 george Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies  

Aug 15 Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.  

Sep 11 On this day in history henri-Philippe Gerard, composer, dies at 87  

Oct 04 Louis Massonneau, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Oct 05 Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (b. 1781) died on this day in history.  

Oct 26 Vissarion G Belinski, Russian literature critic, dies in the year 1848.  

Oct 27 Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer, dies at 46 in the year 1848.  

Nov 09 Robert Blum, German MP (Liberal), executed died on this day in history.  

Nov 10 In the year 1848 death of christian VIII of Denmark, King of Denmark (b. 1786)  

Nov 15 P Rossi, Italian, murdered died in the year 1848.  

Nov 17 On this day in history jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies  

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Jan 01 John Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924) was born in the year 1848.  

Jan 04 In the year 1848 birth of katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913)  

Jan 05 Khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09 In the year 1848 birth of princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926)  

Jan 18 Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 19 In the year 1848 birth of john F. Stairs, Canadian businessman (d. 1904)  

Jan 21 Henri Duparc, French composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 22 In the year 1848 birth of samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist (Middle Ages)